Wednesday, April 20, 2016

When I heard that Arizona may follow in Colorado’s footsteps and
not have a Presidential Primary where registered voters would participate in
the election process, I went straight to the Secretary of State Michele Reagan. Contact Senate members NOW

I
understand her reasoning however, I don’t agree with it. Michele is very

Conscientious and I know her obective to have the political parties pay their fairshare. However leaving up to parties I believe they would prefer not to have the regregistered voters involved in the process other than for contributions. be

I heard
over the week end that in January you tried to get a bill passed that
eliminates the Presidential primary/preference elections i.e. similar to Colorado.
Is it true if so what was the bill number. Be

From:Michele Reagan

Sent: Tuesday, April 19,
2016 8:06 AM

To:barbaraespinosa

Subject: RE Bill number:
HB 2567 and SB 1486

I
introduced a bill that did 2 things, one it asked the Legislature for the
additional funding of the PPE (it costs $10 million, and the state only
appropriated $4 million in last year’s budget) and two, it says that starting
in 2020, taxpayers do not pay for the PPE. If one third of our voters are
independents, and cannot participate, than these PPE's are party functions and
the taxpayers should not be on the hook. This is the way it was prior to
1992.
Now that doesn't mean we need to be like Colorado. Arizona could have the
same presidential primary election system we have now, but the parties would
decide and pay for it. This is the way it is paid for in many other
states by the way.

From:
barbaraespinosa

Sent:
‎4/‎19/‎2016
8:37 AMTo: Michele ReaganSubject: Reply is it true

The bill
from what you stated will leave it wide open for the parties to decide not to
have a PPE and disenfranchise all registered voters. It would be more fair to
have open election i.e. similar to Texas. be

From: Michele
ReaganSent: ‎4/‎19/‎2016
8:49 AMTo: barbaraespinosa

Subject: RE: Reply is it true

My philosophy is
simple, if the taxpayers are going to pay for an election, all voters should be
allowed to participate. If not, then parties should pick up the tab.

The cost of an
election should be paid for by the state. Leaving the choice of a presidential
primary up to the political parties is disaster waiting in the wings.
Registered voters could and probably would be disenfranchised i.e. Colorado and
Wyoming.

In Colorado the COGOP
executive Committee made the decision to eliminate a presidential primary and
only allowing the party delegates to vote. Disenfranchising thousands of
registered Republican Voters. Elections are for the people and not only the
political parties Echelon.

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